Acculturation, discrimination and depressive symptoms among Korean immigrants in New York City

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-34

  Bernstein, Kunsook Song ^a   Park, So Youn ^b   Shin, Jinah ^c   Cho, Sunhee ^a   Park, Yeddi ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation stress; Depression; Discrimination; Korean immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952533605     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-009-9261-0     Document Type: Article

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